NHL · Jan 3, 2026

Colorado Avalanche

5–3

Final

Carolina Hurricanes

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The Avalanche beat the Hurricanes 5–3 at Lenovo Center. B. Nelson took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Avalanche	0	1	4	5	34
Hurricanes	1	2	0	3	28

★ Three Stars

1B. NelsonCOL · 2G 0A

2S. AhoCAR · 1G 1A

3N. MacKinnonCOL · 1G 3A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

18:09

Sebastian Aho (Eric Robinson)SH

0-1

2nd Period

01:47

Gabriel Landeskog (Nathan MacKinnon, Martin Necas)

1-1

04:47

Nikolaj Ehlers (Taylor Hall, Logan Stankoven)PP

1-2

07:50

Andrei Svechnikov (Sebastian Aho, K'Andre Miller)

1-3

3rd Period

01:09

Brock Nelson (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar)PP

2-3

01:42

Jack Drury (Ross Colton)

3-3

07:30

Brock Nelson (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar)PP

4-3

19:42

Nathan MacKinnon (Martin Necas, Artturi Lehkonen)

5-3

Boxscore

Avalanche5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Nathan MacKinnonC	1	3	4	0	0	2	2	1	20:04
Brock NelsonC	2	0	2	-1	0	7	1	0	22:28
Martin NecasC	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	1	22:44
Cale MakarD	0	2	2	-1	0	2	1	0	24:35
Gabriel LandeskogL	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	18:52
Jack DruryC	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	2	15:20
Artturi LehkonenL	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	16:32
Ross ColtonC	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	10:42
Zakhar BardakovC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6:54
Parker KellyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	10:27
Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	18:21
Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	16:45
Josh MansonD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	18:25
Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	16:49
Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	17:25
Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	21:01
Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	11:26
Taylor MakarL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5:18

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Scott WedgewoodStart	28	25	3	.893	60:00
Trent Miner	0	0	0	-	0:00

Hurricanes3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Sebastian AhoC	1	1	2	+1	0	7	1	2	22:11
Nikolaj EhlersL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	1	17:42
Andrei SvechnikovR	1	0	1	+1	2	4	2	0	17:28
Taylor HallL	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	14:51
Eric RobinsonL	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11:03
Logan StankovenC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	12:49
K'Andre MillerD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	21:46
Jackson BlakeR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1	15:47
William CarrierL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	8:21
Mark JankowskiL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	11:33
Jesperi KotkaniemiC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	11:15
Jordan MartinookL	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	1	17:17
Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	17:00
Jalen ChatfieldD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20:08
Shayne GostisbehereD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	3	22:44
Alexander NikishinD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	15:30
Sean WalkerD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	23:24
Joel NystromD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	12:56

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Frederik AndersenStart	34	30	4	.882	57:58
Brandon Bussi	0	0	0	-	0:00